Whiterock, County Down

Whiterock
Whiterock
Whiterock
Whiterock shown within County Down
Population	351 (UK 2001 Census)
District	Ards
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT23
Dialling code	028
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
NI Assembly	Strangford
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°28′52″N 5°39′00″W / 54.481°N 5.650°W / 54.481; -5.650Coordinates: 54°28′52″N 5°39′00″W / 54.481°N 5.650°W / 54.481; -5.650

Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy. It is in the Borough of Ards. It had a population of 355 people (141 households) in the 2011 Census. (2001 Census: 351 people)

Whiterock is home to two yacht clubs: Strangford Lough Yacht Club and 1.5km to the north, Down Cruising Club. The latter is based in a moored former lightship, the Petrel, acquired in 1968. The lightship had been built by the Dublin Dockyard Company in 1915 for the Commissioners of Irish Lights and since registered as a National Historic Ship UK.

Between the two yacht clubs is Sketrick Castle, a 15th-century tower house on Sketrick Island, now in ruins. To the south of Whiterock is Ballymorran Bay.

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